poem\po"em\ (?), n. [l. poëma, gr. &?;, fr. &?; to make, to compose, to write, especially in verse: cf. f. poëme.]1. a metrical composition; a composition in verse written in certain measures, whether in blank verse or in rhyme, and characterized by imagination and poetic diction; -- contradistinguished from prose; as, the poems of homer or of milton.2. a composition, not in verse, of which the language is highly imaginative or impassioned; as, a prose poem; the poems of ossian.poem n : a composition written in metrical feet forming rhythmical lines [syn: verse form]

Poetry is a form of literature that uses aesthetic and rhythmic qualities of language—such as phonaesthetics, sound symbolism, and metre—to evoke meanings in addition to, or in place of, the prosaic ostensible meaning.

Noun1. a composition written in metrical feet forming rhythmical lines (synonym) verse form (hypernym) literary composition, literary work (hyponym) abecedarius (part-meronym) line of poetry, line of verse

Take this kiss upon the brow! And, in parting from you now, Thus much let me avow-- You are not wrong who deem That my days have been a dream; Yet if hope has flown away In a night, or in a day, In a vision, or in none, Is it therefore the less gone? All that we see or seem Is but a dream within a dream.

(n.)
A metrical composition; a composition in verse written in certain measures, whether in blank verse or in rhyme, and characterized by imagination and poetic diction; -- contradistinguished from prose; as, the poems of Homer or of Milton. (n.)
A composition, not in verse, of which the language is highly imaginative or impassioned; as, a prose poem; the poems of Ossian.